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Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA MSA

Denominational Groups, 2000

58,953 150,234 2,982 92,526 12,368 312,338
Evangelical Protestant Mainline Protestant Orthodox Catholic Other Unclaimed

Congregational "adherents" include all full members, their children, and others who regularly attend services. The historically African American denominations are not included in the 2000 congregation and membership totals. Many are also missing in 1990 and most historically African American denominations are missing in the 1980 reports.
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Reports


Religious Bodies Theology Congregations Adherents Adherence Rate
United Methodist Church, The Mainline Protestant 187 72,048 129.8
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Mainline Protestant 106 63,762 114.9
United Church of Christ Mainline Protestant 65 23,958 43.2
Catholic Church Catholic 43 70,704 127.4
Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Mainline Protestant 30 17,461 31.5
Church of the Brethren Evangelical Protestant 23 8,313 15.0
Evangelical Congregational Church, The Evangelical Protestant 23 4,202 7.6
Assemblies of God Evangelical Protestant 21 6,046 10.9
Brethren In Christ Church Evangelical Protestant 18 2,370 4.3
Episcopal Church Mainline Protestant 12 4,470 8.1
Churches of Christ Evangelical Protestant 10 609 1.1
United Christian Church Evangelical Protestant 10 721 1.3
American Baptist Churches in the USA Mainline Protestant 9 2,221 4.0
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) Evangelical Protestant 8 744 1.3
Christian and Missionary Alliance, The Evangelical Protestant 7 1,217 2.2
Seventh-day Adventist Church Evangelical Protestant 7 898 1.6
Old Order Amish Church Evangelical Protestant 6 937 1.7
Southern Baptist Convention Evangelical Protestant 6 1,884 3.4
Church of the Nazarene Evangelical Protestant 5 858 1.6
African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church Evangelical Protestant 5 1,498 2.7
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, The Other Theology 5 1,640 3.0
Conservative Baptist Association of America Evangelical Protestant 4 211 0.4
Jewish Estimate Other Theology 4 1,779 3.2
Salvation Army, The Evangelical Protestant 3 1,734 3.1
Presbyterian Church in America Evangelical Protestant 3 179 0.3
Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) Evangelical Protestant 3 720 1.3
Evangelical Free Church of America, The Evangelical Protestant 2 847 1.5
International Church of the Foursquare Gospel Evangelical Protestant 2 73 0.1
Friends (Quakers) Mainline Protestant 1 141 0.3
Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod Evangelical Protestant 1 49 0.1
Moravian Church in America--Northern Province Mainline Protestant 1 385 0.7
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Mainline Protestant 1 453 0.8
Christian Brethren Evangelical Protestant 1 180 0.3
Orthodox Presbyterian Church, The Evangelical Protestant 1 192 0.4
Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations Other Theology 1 271 0.5
Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches Mainline Protestant n.a. 40 0.1
Totals (Unadjusted)*: 634 293,815  

The population of these counties (or equivalent) in 1980 was 555,158. The adherent totals of the religious groups listed above (293,815) include 52.9% of the total population in 1980.

Source

The 1980 data were collected by the Glenmary Research Center and includes statistics for 111 Judeo-Christian church bodies, including number of churches and adherents. These data originally appeared in Churches and Church Membership in the United States, 1980, published by the Glenmary Research Center.

The adherence rate provides the number of adherents of a particular group per 1,000 population. For example, in 2000 the Episcopal Church had an adherence rate of approximately 8 (8.1) in Autauga County, Alabama. This means that 8 out of every 1,000 people in Autauga county are Episcopalian.